Posted on 09/17/2018 5:46:22 AM PDT by Lazamataz
American politics have been roiled in the last 48 hours by a last-minute attempt by Democrats and political operatives to sink Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the United States Supreme Court.
After all public and private hearings were over, Sen. Feinstein revealed a letter she had in her possession since July of this year, accusing Judge Kavanaugh of some teenage, high-school groping of a girl at a party. This girl, now a woman in her 50’s, has come forward and is willing to testify before the confirmation vote. Any reasonable person, not motivated by sheer partisan politics, might wonder about the following:
There is a reason that there are Statute of Limitation laws. Points of information are very hard to prove or disprove decades later, especially without report or recording of them. It is easy to convict (or exonerate) a person, if fuzzy facts from more than three decades ago are taken as Gospel.
Furthermore, this woman presumes to have only recently recalled these events. How odd! If it was such a debilitating blow, as she asserts, would not the event stand out clearly in her mind? Yet she cannot remember important data about it. She cannot remember with certainty the date, the location’s address, and has even changed the number of alleged ‘assailants’ from four to two.
Even if the facts are as she recites (which is highly questionable), Kavanaugh was a teenager at the time. Without question he was different then. All of us were. In fact, I defy anyone to say that they have not made foolish decisions as a teenager -- even in the sexual arena.
But is drunken teenage groping a crime? It is not. It is typical teenage behavior, especially in the 1980’s. However, the woman, Christine Blasey Ford, is making increasingly serious charges. She makes them, without proof of any nature and with very questionable facts and recollections.
She says that she felt Kavanaugh was trying to remove her clothing. Yet, she admits he did not. She says she felt that Kavanaugh was trying to have intercourse with her. Yet, she admits he did not. She says she felt that Kavanaugh was trying to hurt her. Yet, she admits he did not.
So what shall be the standard of ‘conviction’, with the subsequent revocation of his nomination? Shall the standard be the ‘feelings’ of a girl (who only remembered the event five years ago), or the facts she admits are true?
And how long into a person’s past should a person be investigated? Are we to now consider every event from Kindergarten and on? Do we need to bring forth charges of bullying when a person swings a fist at another on a third-grade playground? Are we to discard all nominees for their act of swiping a candy bar from a drug store at the age of 7? Do we need to hold Congressional Hearings every time we hear that little Sammy dunked little Suzy’s pigtails in the inkwell?
This new set of trends are very troubling. I suggest that, in the spirit of the #MeToo Movement, that a new hashtag emerge: #BeenSmearedToo.
kavanaugh went to an all boys school...
Used to be “toasted bagel with a smear’ (of cream cheese) was what you wanted in NYC.
Now you are the smeared.
Very good Laz.
I was with a girl at a drive-in movie when i was in my late teens. It was a first date, and she was wearing a back zippered dress. As we were necking, I observed that her zipper was unzipped down past her bra strap. Since I was a gentleman and it was our first date, I zipped it back up. She never went out with me again. I now count my blessings.
Years ago, we had bulletin boards.
On one of the boards there was a message “to get mail, send mail”
Alas...... Boardwatch is no more
Pretty much, if anyone wants any future in any profession, they must never date or even look at any woman at any point in their life.
Liberals are like Muslims they believe that they can commit any act to promote their irrational agenda and not be held accountable.
Thanks bro
Facebook has deleted my similar postings as well with no explanation. I think that’s what is meant by shadow banning. They must really fear a conservative backlash this November. Only time will tell if Feinstein has stepped in it big time.
And Republicans? Silence. Deer caught in headlights.
Surprised the president hasn’t tweeted about this.
Lindsey Graham issued a statement, surprisingly.
And a damned good statement at that.
Ping-ga-ling
Here is my prediction - all this insidious trickery and character assassination will cause Kavanaugh, should he survive this and be confirmed, to abandon every last ounce of impartiality he has, to become a thorn in the flesh of the left, by staking out the most extreme conservative position in every opinion, just to spite them.
c.f.: Clarence Thomas
Thanks! If you hadn’t pinged me, I might have missed this! :)
Yes, that is who I was thinking of when I wrote it...
+1,000, and even now, there are days . . .
“Perhaps she was smitten by Kavanaugh and he turned her down.”
Now THAT is a very real possibility!!
We need a Woodrow F. Call in the government, someone who won’t tolerate rude behavior.
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